Reasoning

MIT / check exact model cardOpen weightsUpdated June 2026Frontier 2026

DeepSeek-V4-Pro

Frontier open-weight DeepSeek model positioned for reasoning-heavy coding, agent, and long-context work.

DeepSeek · DeepSeek

Editorial review

Reviewed byOpenSourcesAI EditorialLast updatedJune 2026SourcesDeepSeek API docs, Hugging Face, DeepSeek official site, DeepSeek on Hugging Face

Model checkpoints, context windows, provider support, local runtime compatibility, and license terms can change quickly. Verify the exact model card before production or commercial use.

Best for

Teams comparing frontier-style open-weight reasoning and coding models against hosted closed models.

Who should use it

  • Teams comparing frontier-style open-weight reasoning and coding models against hosted closed models.
  • Teams with access to hosted inference or server-class deployment paths.
  • Developers evaluating coding assistant, repo-editing, and code review workflows.
  • Teams testing tool-use, agentic planning, and multi-step workflow behavior.

Common workflows

  • Frontier reasoning, coding, agents, long-context workflows
  • frontier workflows
  • reasoning workflows
  • coding workflows
  • agents workflows

Deployment and hardware notes

Server-class only for full weights; use smaller DeepSeek distills or hosted endpoints for everyday evaluation.

License and usage notes

MIT / check exact model card. Open weights. Verify the exact model card and license terms for the checkpoint or hosted provider you use.

Strengths

  • Open weights model option for DeepSeek workflows.
  • Teams comparing frontier-style open-weight reasoning and coding models against hosted closed models.
  • Tracked as Frontier 2026 in the OpenSourcesAI model directory.

Limitations

  • Very large MoE model; practical deployment usually means hosted inference, enterprise GPUs, or specialized serving infrastructure.
  • Server-class only for full weights; use smaller DeepSeek distills or hosted endpoints for everyday evaluation.
  • Context window and limits: Up to 1M in DeepSeek docs; verify exact release.
  • Verify the exact model card, provider docs, license, and serving support before production use.

Will DeepSeek-V4-Pro run on your machine?

DeepSeek-V4-Pro is 1600B parameters and needs 901.5 GB of VRAM at Q4_K_M900 GB of weights plus 1.5 GB of runtime overhead for the inference server itself.

VRAM by quantization

QuantizationWeightsNeeds (with overhead)Quality
Q4_K_M900 GB901.5 GBgood
Q8_01600 GB1601.5 GBhigh

Fit on common hardware at Q4_K_M

HardwareMemory the model can useSystem RAMVerdict
CPU OnlyNone (CPU only)16 GBToo large
RTX 4060 Laptop8 GB16 GBToo large
RTX 3060 (12GB)12 GB32 GBToo large
RTX 4060 Ti (16GB)16 GB32 GBToo large
RTX 309024 GB64 GBToo large
Apple Silicon (Unified Memory) 36 GB27 GB of 36 GB36 GBToo large
RTX 509032 GB64 GBToo large
Apple Silicon (Unified Memory) 48 GB36 GB of 48 GB48 GBToo large
Apple Silicon (Unified Memory) 64 GB48 GB of 64 GB64 GBToo large
Apple Silicon (Unified Memory) 96 GB72 GB of 96 GB96 GBToo large
Apple Silicon (Unified Memory) 128 GB96 GB of 128 GB128 GBToo large
Apple Silicon (Unified Memory) 192 GB144 GB of 192 GB192 GBToo large

Comfortable means VRAM clears the requirement by 2 GB or more. Tight means it covers the requirement with no margin. CPU offload means the model does not fit in VRAM but system RAM is at least 1.6× the weights, so it will run at reduced speed — expect roughly 1–5 tokens per second. Figures are weights plus a fixed runtime overhead and exclude KV-cache growth, which scales with context length.

Apple Silicon shares one pool of memory between the system and the GPU, so a model cannot use all of it. These rows apply the same 75% usable fraction the Compatibility Checker uses, which is why a 36 GB Mac is graded on less than 36 GB.

VRAM fit by quantization level

Enter your GPU VRAM below to see which quantization of DeepSeek-V4-Pro fits and get the Ollama run command.

Frontier-model verification note

This page is written to stay accurate as of the latest available 2026 public model information. Availability, licenses, context windows, API support, pricing, benchmark standing, and local-serving support can change quickly. Verify the official model card, provider docs, and license before using this model in production or commercial workflows.

Related resources

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HardwareServer-classRuntimevLLM, SGLang, Transformers, hosted providersContextUp to 1M in DeepSeek docs; verify exact releaseLast updated2026
DeepSeek API docs

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